"The best performing pension could produce more than three times more pension income than the worst performing one. The really bad news is that your pension fund is more likely to be amongst the bad than the good" The Observer
With Profits funds have received terrible publicity over the last couple of decades, not least following the demise of Equitable Life, London Life, Pearl Assurance, NPI and Britannic, to list but a few.
Some solid with profits funds remain, however, so how can an investor sort the wheat from the chaff?